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I am not here to write about a white Christmas. Nor am I here to write about Rudolph.
As a matter of fact, I am not here to write about the North Pole. Not at all.
Perhaps, I could talk about our national addiction to eggnog — both the plain and the ...
DATE: Dec 27, 2018
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
Today, let us take a moment to speak about the role of the backbencher. For clarity, a backbencher would be those who are elected to Parliament but are not yet government ministers.
In the existing setting within the Progressive Labour Party, there a...
DATE: Dec 14, 2018
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
A few days ago, former MP Jeff Sousa made an online comment about a government road crew moving an abandoned motorcycle from one side of the road to the other during the course of clearing the roads.
Perhaps, just perhaps, it is just me, but a few th...
DATE: Dec 07, 2018
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
One of the best parts about being involved in politics is that you have a wide variety of persons within your constituency. Some male, some female, some who support you politically, some who do not, some who are for St George’s and some who are for t...
DATE: Nov 30, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
The Progressive Labour Party held a Wakanda Royalty Gala on Saturday. Interestingly, although not surprisingly, from the moment this event was announced two months ago, it was branded in a negative light.
Comments such as: “Wakanda is not a real plac...
DATE: Nov 16, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
I was having a conversation on Tuesday evening with a friend in relation to the midterm elections that were going on in the United States. They asked me my predictions. My reply was as follows: “Political consultants will continue to make big money f...
DATE: Nov 09, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
“United we stand,
Divided we fall”
Six words that every unionised worker in Bermuda, no matter which union they belong to, knows by heart.
Indeed, this is the mantra that the working class of this island has lived on a daily basis in all matters of ...
DATE: Nov 03, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
At a Commonwealth Parliamentary Association course held from October 15 to 19 at McGill University in Montreal, parliamentarians from several countries, including Bermuda, gathered to undergo a week of intensive training in various forms of governanc...
DATE: Oct 26, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
Over the past few weeks, there has been a constant stream of public questions and critiques made of the Government.
There are those who tend to ask well-founded and valid questions that deserve open and transparent answers. Then there are those who s...
DATE: Oct 19, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
Recently, former One Bermuda Alliance leader Michael Dunkley went on ZBM News to state that Opposition leader Craig Cannonier must come clean about what happened with the “Jetgate saga”.
Apparently, Mr Dunkley is clearly attempting to say he is holdi...
DATE: Oct 05, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous